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I ordered a watermelon salad at a restaurant a few weeks ago… in my mind I thought it would taste similar to this. It didn’t and I was disappointed. Does that ever happen to you? I mean, $16 for a plate of nearly-plain cubed watermelon, come on…

But the watermelon gods were looking down on me that weekend, because the next day at the farmers market were these sweet little sugar babies. I love these, first of all, because they’re easy to cut. I can count on zero hands how many large watermelons I’ve tackled this summer. They’re also sweeter than most watermelon – and just perfect for the salty, tangy, creamy & spicy ingredients I put with it.

Man, there’s nothing more disappointing than a bad restaurant salad. I take that back—I ordered a grilled cheese at a bistro that I really like the other day, hoping to receive a decadent, lightly charred, cheesy affair, and it was a total disappointment. How can they get a grilled cheese wrong, but a curried carrot soup so right?! Doesn’t make sense. Anyway, this salad looks perfect. Glad you got your watermelon fix.

This looks beautiful, and so delicious! I love simple dishes like this one for the summer. I’ve flagged it as a must-try–I just bought a gorgeous little watermelon and this is what I’m going to make with it, thank you for sharing! 🙂

I love that these watermelons have black seeds! Even when I buy organic at my local farm market, I have a hard time finding the black seeds I grew up loving to spit out! In any event, lovely salad! I’m glad you got to enjoy this one, and for probably half the price.

this salad appears to be perfect conceptually… Its beautiful and completely balnced with flavors… Acid + Fat + Spice + Sweet = Delicious… Thank you so much… avocado and watermelon never occurred to me before.. but you set it forth in a recipe where i cannot see a reason why not

I have made this twice in the last two days and I am completely obsessed! Everything goes together so perfectly! I put mine on a bigger bed of mixed greens but otherwise followed exactly and it’s SO good – officially my salad of the summer! Thanks for sharing!

Just made this with some leftover watermelon. I LOVE how convenient your side bar is, just a click and all the watermelon recipes come up. I didn’t have lime so I had to substitute with lemons. Delish! Thanks for all the great recipes!